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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who believes that Francis Sedgwick never had any interest in having children?
(a) Saucie Sedgwick.
(b) Susanna Sedgwick.
(c) Jonathan Sedgwick.
(d) Jean Stein.
2. How many children did Henry Dwight Sedgwick and Sarah May Minturn have?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ten.
3. What is the location where Theodore Sedgwick is buried referred to as?
(a) The Sedgwick plot.
(b) A Sedgwick pie.
(c) The Sedgwick resting place.
(d) The Sedgwick circle.
4. What adorns Theodore Sedgwick's grave?
(a) A bird bath.
(b) An obelisk.
(c) An alpha and an omega symbol.
(d) A cross.
5. In what position did the first Sedgewick on record serve in the Massachusetts Bay colony?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Governor.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) Major General.
Short Answer Questions
1. What were the group of gays Edie fell in with at Harvard referred to as?
2. What was the name of the property the Sedgwicks bought during the Second World War?
3. What state was St. Timothy's school in?
4. In the book, Edie: An American Biography who helps to tell the story of the Sedgwick ancestors?
5. Which of the following was a sign that life had changed for the Sedgwicks when they moved to their third home in California?
Short Essay Questions
1. How many siblings did Edie Sedgwick have?
2. What troubles did Edie's brother Minty have in his short life?
3. How did Francis Sedgwick develop an interest in art?
4. What was Francis's response when Groton decided to start admitting black students?
5. In the book, what do the Sedgwick children share about their father's infidelities?
6. Who is the first Sedgwick on record?
7. What conversation does Saucie recall having with Edie in 1960 after she had left St. Timothy's?
8. What does the author describe as Judge Theodore Sedgwick's accomplishments?
9. Describe Judge Theodore Sedgwick's unusual burial site.
10. What impression does Jane Wilson share about Edie as a child?
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